According to customs statistics, the first seven months of this year, China's trade in goods import and export value of 15.46 trillion yuan, compared with the same period last year (the same) increased by 18.5%. Among them, the export of 8.53 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.4%; imports 6.93 trillion yuan, an increase of 24%; trade surplus of 1.6 trillion yuan, narrowing 14.5%.

In July, China's import and export value of 2.32 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.7%. Among them, the export of 1.32 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.2%; imports 1 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.7%; trade surplus of 321.2 billion yuan, an increase of 1.4%. By the same period last year, the base of the factors such as raising the impact of July import and export growth rate in June fell back.
 

The first seven months, China's foreign trade import and export mainly presents the following characteristics:
 

First, the general trade import and export growth, the proportion of upgrading. In the first seven months, China's general trade import and export of 8.77 trillion yuan, an increase of 19.1%, accounting for 56.7% of China's total import and export value, up 0.3 percentage points over the same period last year; of which exports 4.63 trillion yuan, up 12.4% 4.14 trillion yuan, an increase of 27.8%; trade surplus of 503.43 billion yuan, narrowing 43.5%. In the same period, the import and export of processing trade reached 4.39 trillion yuan, up 15.2 percent, accounting for 28.4 percent, down 0.8 percentage points over the same period last year. Among them, exports were 2.8 trillion yuan, up 13.6 percent; imports were 1.59 trillion yuan, up 18 percent; The surplus of 1.21 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.3%.
 

In addition, China's special customs supervision and control of imports and exports 1.58 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.3%, accounting for 10.2% of China's total import and export value. Which exports 498.28 billion yuan, up 2.2%, accounting for 5.8% of total exports; imports 1.08 trillion yuan, an increase of 20.8%, accounting for 15.6% of total imports.
 

Second, Europe and the United States and Japan and other markets import and export growth. The first seven months, I trade with the EU 2.33 trillion yuan, an increase of 17.1%, accounting for 15.1% of China's total import and export value. Sino-US trade value of 2.18 trillion yuan, an increase of 20.6%, accounting for 14.1% of China's total import and export value. My bilateral trade with ASEAN totaled 1.9 trillion yuan, up 20.9 percent, accounting for 12.3 percent of China's total import and export value. Sino-Japanese trade value of 1.15 trillion yuan, an increase of 16.9%, accounting for 7.4% of China's total import and export value.
 

Third, the proportion of private enterprises to increase import and export. The first seven months, China's private enterprises import and export 5.95 trillion yuan, up 19.9%, accounting for 38.5% of China's total import and export value, up 0.4 percentage points over the same period last year. Among them, the export of 4.01 trillion yuan, an increase of 17.3%, accounting for 46.9% of total exports, exports continue to maintain the status of the first place; imports 1.94 trillion yuan, an increase of 25.6%, accounting for 28% of total imports. Over the same period, foreign-invested enterprises import and export 6.83 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.6%, accounting for 44.2% of China's total import and export value. Among them, the export of 3.62 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.9%, accounting for 42.5% of total exports; imports 3.21 trillion yuan, an increase of 17.8%, accounting for 46.3% of total imports.
 

In addition, state-owned enterprises import and export 2.62 trillion yuan, an increase of 26.8%, accounting for 17% of China's total import and export value. Among them, the export of 894.3 billion yuan, an increase of 12.1%, accounting for 10.5% of total exports; imports 1.73 trillion yuan, an increase of 36.1%, accounting for 24.9% of total imports.
 

Fourth, mechanical and electrical products, traditional labor-intensive products are still the main export. The first 7 months, China's exports of electromechanical products 4.87 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.2%, accounting for 57.1% of total exports. Among them, electrical and electronic products exports 2.12 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.2%; machinery and equipment 1.44 trillion yuan, an increase of 15.4%. The number of garments was 49.82 billion yuan, up by 7.1 percent; textiles was 429.51 billion yuan, up 9 percent; furniture was 1976.6 billion yuan, up 12.9 percent; footwear 1961.3 billion yuan, up 12.4 percent; plastic products reached 151.87 billion yuan, up 19.6 percent; The total consumption of the above seven categories of labor-intensive products was 1.77 trillion yuan, up 12.3 percent, accounting for 20.7 percent of the total value of exports. The consumption of goods was 87.7 billion yuan, up 18.2 percent; In addition, fertilizer exports 14.53 million tons, down 3%; steel 47.95 million tons, down 28.7%; cars 530,000, an increase of 45.8%.
 

5, iron ore, crude oil and natural gas and other commodity imports and prices go up. In the first seven months, China imported iron ore 625 million tons, an increase of 7.5%, the average import price of 504.3 yuan per ton, up 47.3%; crude oil 247 million tons, an increase of 13.6%, the average price of 2603.2 yuan per ton, 40.1%; refined oil 17.38 million tons, reducing the average price of 3266.4 yuan per ton, up 31.9%; natural gas 36.82 million tons, an increase of 20.7%, the average import price of 2237.4 yuan per ton, up 12.6% Of 15.98 million tons of plastic, an increase of 11.2%, the average import price of 16,600 yuan per ton, up 11.9%; unwrought copper and copper 2.62 million tons, down 15.2%, the average price of imports per ton 4.34 million yuan 28.8%. In addition, imports of electromechanical products 3.08 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.7%; of which 69 million cars, an increase of 22%.

Six, China's leading export index rose. In July, China's leading export index for foreign trade was 41.9, up 0.4 from last month. According to the network survey data show that the month, China's export managers index was 44.9, up 0.2 over the previous month; new export orders fell 0.1 to 48.4, export managers confidence index, export enterprises comprehensive cost index rose 0.8, 0.2 to 50.6, 23.2.